the Lord answers
We had two dogs Romeo and Rocko, and they both passed within months apart from each other, those days were sad for all of us. Fast forward a few months, and my husband brought a new female German Shepherd home, I want to tell you this beautiful story because nothing is a coincidence with God.
My husband missed having a dog around the house, so he started looking to buy one; however, they were too expensive, so he decided to look at adoption shelters. He was doing all of this secretly. While he did this, I was praying to the lord for renewal of my strength, like the eagle lord I said renew my strength, the daily routine, having a full-time job and all to do with life is draining. Well one day he happened to just show up with Juliet, that is what my husband named her. I adapted.
My husband shared the story of how he got her. He got home looked at the pictures in the shelters and saw her. He said to himself, am I doing this again, getting another dog? A lot was going through his head. He went to one location but she was not there, he had to drive to a farther location and there he found her. He said I named her Juliet because we had Romeo here already, cute I said.
I looked up the definition of Juliet’s name, it means “youthful”, and I began to laugh aloud Lord? This is you answering me! You are giving me my youth back by having Juliet! Little by little, she grew into my heart. She came with some issues she was sick, traumatized, scared, and not eating. I thought even Juliet had to be separated for a period of her life to end up in our home. She endured living at a shelter, dirty and sick. This happened to be a kill shelter, so after a few weeks I presume she would have been put to death; however, she was given to us for free, with no taxes, chipped, spayed, and shots. We took her to the vet got her medicine and she began to live, eat, gain weight, and be happy. She is lovable and so thankful to be living with us.
Are you wondering how this is an answered prayer? Pets are God’s creatures, they give us comfort, give us unconditional love, and they push us to care for them which makes us move around. See that is what I needed to start doing, moving around; breathing the air outside while walking her. She brings this peace to my husband and me. She is an inside dog as well, something we have never done. Through Juliet, the Lord said I am giving you your youth back, are you going to take it and run with it, are you going to do your part?
The Lord is constantly asking us to evolve, adapt, and move. We need to keep shifting our lives to grow and stretch our capacity. During seasons in our lives, we ask for things and we picture the answers differently, the Lord is a Spirit and He will answer us according to His will for our lives. Accept the answers and run with it, do not delay the process of where you are going because the answers do not seem how you envisioned them. Trust God and the journey He is taking you through. Keep moving even if you do not understand it, keep marching forward, open your spiritual eyes to see the answers, and be vigilant to the many ways the Lord communicates. Learn, listen, pay attention, go to church, listen to the word of God, praise Him, and worship Him. DO YOUR PART TRUST HE WILL DO THE REST!
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Let us pray, my father and my God thank you for opening our eyes to capture the many ways you speak to us, thank you for answering our prayers, thank you for hearing us and always hearing us. Today Lord I pray that anyone reading this increases and evolves with you, may you give them supernatural strength to shift as fast as you command us to shift. Whatever you command of us may we keep marching forward. I release more grace and light into their lives, in the mighty matchless name of Jesus I have prayed. A M E N!